Variety (Jan 1935)

60 VARIETY T I M t * * Q « A il C Tuesday, Jagiiiiiry 15, 1935 East Treasury Dept bans 'Ecstacy,' Imported ■ film, . Joseph iLasaglOi Of Place PIgalle. cleared of aissiault charge bh Her- irian R. Lang. Told court he never had seen Lang before. . I>oIa Negri nicked for $5,359 by a Judgment awarded to Hotel Am- bassadoi\ N. Y. Paid for her room, but not'the. restaurant bills. James A. Mcboll, Jr.;^ 'Life Be- gins at 8:40,' married to Miss Jean 'Zlpser, ; cif Ghicago, ,at Harrison, ■ Jart;- 7. Al Woods has a play by Glare Bbothe Brokaw which he will Stage Bopn., Also V^'P^'^^'^B °^ another ■ -Bhow. , Jed Harris' puts 'Ethan .Frome'. back Jn the strong box. ; David B. Flnestorie geits two months' leavie of absence. Receritly. returned t ) the Shubert olflces after &n illness, but needs time but to; fully recuperate. ■ Gladys Georige mbyed on Monday (7) to dismiss her husband's divorce suit on the grounds he Is a non- resident. Court reserved decision, •Saratoga Chips,' play by Damon Runyon and Irving. Caesar, on the ice While Runyon covers the Haupt- mann trial. • --'Green-Pastures'-to close-its rpad tour Feb. 16, at Lyiwhburg, W, va., aiid come into. N. Y. for an anni- versary.. No house .set as, yet, . 1^16 11 , ■ ann &unce& ehe'll-stick around for. an. additional fitariza with .'Romeo and Juliet', arid then do 'Barretts' for the last four. ""^^aitlr'E2vaTisr-Engllsbractre33,--liTi-- ported to play the nurse in Katha RKO THEATRES 86" SL m Wed. toi Fri. .Jan.;l« to 18 f l 'Att A TBIEF* , and ^ '^WiSST OF TBE PECO S" ■ ••KantDtky K«in«l»" ' BDd 11-1 VI I I fi ll 1.1 1 I H I I II I I Trrru:..:.! men i-t l-iiimmiuliihh . > h ■ n m n m n i u±\_i^ 1111111 III 11 r 11 This department contains rewfitten theatricat news items ds published during tjie mek m the daily papers of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Hollywood and London. Variety fa^je? no credit for these news items: each has heen reiDrittenfrom a daily paper. ULLiiliJ ii I LiJ.i'i ixifLtij i IJ i tr.1.11 I I i-.n I I i tu I n 11 I in I I 1 1 M I M I I M I.I 1.1 I M lii i wtnuM-i i lit i'.r.m wTMjP-t'L i-iiWrPl.piJitM.rf H lO-GH MUSIC HALL BOCKEFKLL,EB CESTEB On Screen--"EVEReBEEN^ . A OB. ProdDotlpn •. On Sts<ge—-"Modern SiBretiades" Piroducea by RVS9ELI. MABKEBT rlne: Cornell's 'Romeo and Juliet, called back to England, by the serl-. ous illness bf her husband. Brenda Forbes took her place Wednfesday and will continue. ., , <.~^-- ■ Heywood Broun married to Con- stance Dooley Jah. ;;9. She s in 'Merrily We Roll. Along* as Con- siarice.'M.adison. ■ ., ■ Erigllsh scenery'.fbr •Escape Me NjBver' arrived on the. Franconia last week. . ' .^• . Bertha Donn, of •Reytinge With Miisic,; getS: a PVomptioh. to a stronger part, ■Florence R^ed is doing 'Elizabeth the Queen' in stock in Montclair. ■N. :J. :■' ; : Fbrin6r Xovey Lee, stage dancer, rharried to Drake De Lanpy, social- ite, will slufE! him at: Reno and come back to the stage as Rosa- lind de Lanoy. Theatre Guild's probable fifth l)roductlon- Will be Shaw's 'The Simpleton of the Unexpected IsleS; . 'Daniel F r o h"tt ah' antibuiices 'Editha's Burglar.' as one of the features of the Actors' Fund bene- flt program next Sunday. Alugustus Thomas ' s Hf at writing -for- th e o t age^ Had a long ruh .at Madison Squaire theatre; Curtaiii raiser. . Charles Aldrlch, .w ho .says he's an unemployed actor, neld for^ al- leged lise of a slug In the LRiT. subway last week.- Unable . to ob- tain ball; Vinton Freedly sells 'Anything Goes.'. Price not stated but said to be tops for the season. Last top was J72,500 for 'Pagie Miss . Glory.' Goes to Paramount. : . ■ .. Songwriters. Protectlye Ass'n : takes space- In-Rockefeller -Center, Gladys George asks the court's permission to change lawyers. Ex- plains she wants a; full 'personal, public and professional vindica- tion' in the divorce case brought by her. husband. Her lawyer,. sha ex- plains, is Interested only in the technical phases. . David Brenneh HoWe, broker, -caused-arrest—of—Morris—^Harris, cashier of the Club R4chman Thurs day (10). Charges that Morris held hlni wliiHeT several" others beat him he—refuse d l b pay a check- for $6.75 on grounds it was an ov ercharge. Creeping Fire' opens at the van PARAMQUNTi'''"^^ JQUABE ^ .'LIVES OF A BENGAtTLANCER' rln=EcMon=RUBINOFE= CNITED ABTISTS RIVOLI World Premiere Tlinra. Eve., Jan, 17 CLIVE OF INDIA with RONALD COLMAN LORETTA YOUNG AXTDAt iZSc to 2 35c to 7 ANTSE-iT "UNFINISHED SYMPHONY" Plas Gala Bevae on Stage 7th Aw.oAyy Show Value 50th St. i^V'* ' »•>• HMm don. To give her first N. T. recital Feb. 3. .. ; Eight-year-old girl hurt In the Sun theatre, Brooklyn, Saturday. Was seated li)>the front, row. Shot fired by Col. Jack King hit the steel- faced target, ricocheted and grazed the right side bf her face. Treated at the theatre and sent hotne, but later taken to the hospital for more complete treatment. In no danger. 'G-ather Te Rosebuds' back to the greenhouse until next season. Strike of waiters In four nlte spots Saturday. '. Casino de Paree, French Casino, Manhattan Music Hall and Congress were affected. Two boys watching the film in the Valencia thieatre,. Jamaica, from a roof Saturday night were mistaken for burglars. One was shot, but probably will recover.' Aileen Sahella, wife of Andy Saln- ella, band leader, suing, for separa- tion. Alleges cruelty and Infidelity. On one occasion, she asserts, he held a. knife at her throat., His counter claim is that she walked out oh him when his income fell. , : Vinton Freeley expresses the opin- ibn that revolvlrig stages are over- Louis A. Iieavltt, owner of thea- tres at Santa Monica and La Jolla, Cal., wa.s Instantly killed when his car was struck by a train near Los Angeles. : , ; Florlne Dickson, screen actress, to marry Homer Griffith, football play- er, with Chicago Cardinals. Back In Hollywood after . 18 months abroad, Lily. Damlta an- nounced that she may wed Hugo Brassey, British millionaire. Frank Fewklns named lord high prestidigitocus of Los Angeles So- ciety of Magicians. Ruth Bridges, pianist, and Snub Pollard, film comedian, file notice In L. A, of intention to wed. William C. De Mille Productions, Inc., sued for recovery of $130,000 Income taxes in series of liens filed by Internal Revehuj; office. . Dick Hylahd, former football star, filed suit In L. A. against his former wife, Adela Rogers St. John, writer, to force payment of a $1,000 loan. In another action he asks custody done. Upeful, hejsays. only ta make scene changes quickly, and should not be done iri view of the ay'dl- ence. .. . , ..... " ^ or tneir ilve-year-old son. Erigagement of ' Melville Shauer, Paramount productive executive, and Roslta Moreno, film actress, an- Group Theatre plans to follow 'Gold Eagle Guy* with 'Awake and Sing.' ; It's, by Clifford Odets, one of the players. Was dropped by Frank Merlin aboiit a year ago because of casting trouble. . Reported that- "Petrlfled Forest' came into town off the nut. The two weeksr -in—Boston pald -off- the-pro diiction costs. ; ■• German' Reich bars 'Ainericah Tragedy' and 'The Genius,' by Theo; t)reiser. - Books 'deal with • low love affairs/ .. : Leo Freudberg, who has a sus talning orch on WOR, reported the theft . of his violin to the police. Stcdeh from his home. Malde by Testore, of Milan, and valued at $2,000.. He looks upon It as his mas- cotr •In the Pasha's Garden' at the Met; Jan. 24 will employ stere optl- con scenery " nouncea. Reno butscored Yuma, Arlzi, by rolling up 5,629 marriages In 1934 against Yuma's 4,334. ; Thieves who broke into the home of Jack Klrkland; writer- in the Hol- lywood hills, made off with perfumes and furs valued at $650 Rlette Hilliard, dancer, granted "dlvorcei in L.-Ai-from-Serge de-Le-r dau G'ar.v- Lebii;dancer,' whose rtante figured In the Vallee-Webb. domestic ■difficulties, filed suit for divorce; In A. against Marlon Mitchell Alimony, arrears of $2,600 were awarded ex-wife of Jascha^ Gegna, violinist, who pleaded he had been forced to sell his fiddle to help sup port his spouse. John Boettiger, aide to Will Hays, -refused-to-^omment-on-hls-repoi^ted engagement to President Roosevelt's daughter upon his arrival In Hol- lywood Eva LeGallienne' in a deal- with Gregory Ratoff for the rights to "The ■t iau i s r h i nig Womah.Vdram a by Cor,.. . Evelyn lAYE flamon.. NOVARBO •The Night Is -Extra—8«tee nl t AU t tf: & HARDY . Cemedy Young' Btaso ;I*re3ontBtlon— ■ "VIENNESE |_ NIGHTS" JMON^FRT I0»W.T.I1 "nROADWAT n I Ja t " \ Warner. BAXTER l-^'-^^SSSr^?^ ToV; JthB Fogarty- F.ld«y^''FLI"TATl6N WALK'' ~ Gurbpe'a Slosf" ■ Famous Revue , ^ In an amaz- ■CIkKA insr 3-mlllton- jMf'VfF^ '. . dollar , restau: ■ " rant. •■ INO COVEB CHABOE . Dinner from 8:30 to 10. S2;50 Supper from 10 to closing. V^'^J^ FRENCH CASINO derbilt tonight (Tttesday) with $2 top. One buck Wednesday mats and $1.60 Saturday afternoon. _ Samuel Raphemson working on ' "^ S" ^ has tentatively accepter* season.• • cole Porter, Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse out of their huddle over a play to follow 'Any- thlng GbCB.' Vi nton Freed.ly ha s an option. Senator Borah sponsors a bill to license all engaged In Interstate -trgdc.-Gen^ra l-in-4 t8-t erm3-but-ad- mlttedly aimed at films. Would bar all corporations acting in re- straint of trade or as a monopoly. : Newspaper Guild declares a strike on the Jewish Daily Bulletin and paper .'foldSi. Strike was over $3ip00 editorial back pay; Dame Sibyl Thbrndike .guest of Drama Study club, at a. luncheon at.the Waldorf'^Astoria.- Former Charlotte Niash, who mar- ried Frederick G..Nlxon-Nlrdllnger and later shot him in France about four years ago, loses her. income from her father-in-law's trust fund. Judge in. Phlla. ruled that by her action she cut herself off from bene- fit of the fund. Now goes to the children by the first wife. Connecticut state Grange, farm- er's organization, held its conven- tion In a Bridgeport hotel, but not until three nude figures In the murals had been covered with pink skirts. . Even Lady Godlva had to .jlip on a fillp. Benjamin Adler, at a luncheon of trera-eiubr^«lls-tiie-inem bers of his plans for 'synchohized opera.' W'ould replace the orchestra with discs and recorded choruses, trained pantomimlsts replacing the singing . chorus.; Only the soloists would make personal appearance Erpi Is recording several ops. Appeal of the ticket brokers filed Thursday (10) In Supreme Court Charges price fixing and discrimin- ation and asks, injunction against lejrlt code. — Stage- Associates-adds—Margai'et- Sullavan to Its roster. Formed by younger players to produce new dramas. 'Hobby Horses' out In favor of —TnMe-M«n-on-a—Hpr^.ci don Davlot, who wrote 'Richard of Burdeaux.' Walter Huston drops the Idea of following 'Dodsworth' with 'Ham let.'- Will go oh-tour-wlth the Lewis Reicil bars Ghaplln*s 'Gold Rush, which has been showing off and on for years. Does not 'coincide with world philosophy of the pres ent day,' but makes no mention of the' comedian's Jewish-41neage;—: - Georgette DeBeaumoht and Dan lei Piatt, pinched at the perform- ance of 'Beale Street* for not» hav- Louls Bromfleld working on three plays, all of which are expected in by Feb. ' ■ • Last batch of nine films submitted to N. Y. League of Decency came through without bah, though some are for adults only. Arch Selwyn planning a film, hook with e. B. Cochran. "To work on both sides. Agnes. De. .Mllle back from Lon ln„ fit, let . loose when they explain they merely- were the stagersi- Two New York courts sat on music cases Friday (11). -Supreme Court Justice Walsh denied a mb tibn made by attorneys for the Rob bins' Co. tb dismiss George M. Co ban's siilt to reclaim some of Its songs. Federal Judge Knox reserved decision after the argunaent by Na than Burkan In the ASCAP suit Said he made no question as to the right of composers to brganlze, but questioned their right to set license fees. Treasury suing the estate bf, the late Arnold Rothsteln for $67,183- as 1928 Income taxes. Bill Brady tells an Interviewer that the N. Y. theatre Is in a sur prlslngly healthy staite in spite of a lack of good plays. Says he's dis- couraged by the current output of new playwrights. When Ruth Draper cleans up en gagements in NeW Haven, Hartford and Torbnto, she'll head for Havana Mexico and then Hawaii Louis Indictments of picture heads may be move to oust Hays In favor of Farley. i Lillian Foster, who last played on B'way in 1926, to do a comeback In 'The Eldest,' being staged by Sam H. Grisman. « M. S. Bentham going back to pro duction. To stage. 'No Man's i Hero', with Bebe Daniels; Ben Lyon and Skeets Gallagher Wagner' cycle starts at Met. Feb -8-.- Four ops.v— ■. — ■ Harold Mathlas, booked as an actor, held in $2,500 bail for an al leged holdup in the subway. He told the court it was just a Joke .l^a^he-judgeT-has-no-aens ft of hnmor. Eugene Gay-Tifft commissioned to do a new version of 'Rosmer sholm' for Katharine Cornell. She wants it Tot next season LIbby Holman to go Into Central Park Casino Jan. 16. , . , Caliph II died In the Central Park zoo last week. He was the 'son of Caliph and Miss Murphy and had brothers and sisters In half the clrcuseB, Coast Diego for Illegally bi'inglhg into this country Josephine Arrogulh, Mexl« can actress. Surglciil sponge arid brass ring left in the stomach of Daniel Zegan, 21, circus. employe, following ■ an operation,, was direct .cause of death, autopsy by L.A. county coroner re- vealed. Will Rogers won the'Lbs Angeles Realty Board's gold watch for be- ing the cbnitnuiilty's outstanding citizen in 1-934, Will Hays also spoke at the. annual banquet. Jed Harris failed to appear to answer a charge of speeding in Pasadena, but^ent a wire saying he W0UI4, be back later. Spencer^. Tracy quoted as saying that everything points toward a ^e- , . conciliation \vlth his wife. Roberta Macklin, studio artist, cleared of drunken driving charge after two Jury trials. After rites In L.A., body of John West, father of Mae West, sent ca.st for burial. In Brooklyn, beside rest- ing place of actress' mother, who -died three years ago. Jocelyn Lee, film actress, arid James. Seymour, associate producer : at Warners, file notice of intention: to wed. Second, try for Miss Lee. former wife of Luther Reed, direc- tor, ■ •' ■■■. ■ Lawyer ^Shocked* (Continued from page 1) who Is the mother of two daughters of university age.' ~^ ^ .'Civio Pride' '■ Another cause of complaint Is al- Jeged 'loss of civic pride In, a city thajL^perraita..sucb-a-stag-pacty-type- of exhibition as 'Sailor, Beware' to go unchallenged.' The brief de- clares. that' 'the police department should have prohibited the perform- ance.' ' . ' \, ' \" ''" ■■" ' Plaintiff also asserts he Is en- titled . to damages because of the .'.v.ulg.arlzatloil!l.ot_hlmsfilt_and_jv'ile_ caused-by the play. - ^ . • - Complaint, In part, -declares: 'The defendant advertised !Sailor, Beware' as a legitimate form of en-, tertainment fit for human consump- tion and worthy of attendance by adults. Inducing the plaintiff by. Such representations to part with $2.20 for two tickets for himself and wife to witness the play. 'After—wItnesSlngT-aueh—pe^?foFm- -Harr3r—Battn^ster—t&--contest--Ne-- vada court action, which reposed sble custody of his daughter in his former wife, Ann HRrdlng , Mrs. Wanda Havllahd, . dancer, filed suit for divorce In L. A. Crelghton Chaney, son of the late Lon Chaney, will hereafter be known, —on the - screen as- Xon Walter W.^merson. actor,, name Barton Sewell, Beverly Hills mil llonaire. as corespondent In his L. A divorce suit. . Rodney Pantages and Arthur Sil _ber, producers, sued In L.' Ai for $1,700 by.Tohii C. iRoper, actor, who charged he was contracted to ac company a show to the orient and was jeft-behlnd,— - Hollywood home of" M. E. lireen" .wobd, .:.byainess _manager ot Metrp_ studio, burglarized of $500 Iri cloth- ing and valuables Mrs; Nan Plerson Brooks Macy, recently divorced from a scion of the department store- family, en- gaged by Paramount for a small part In 'The Crusades Char-ring in her divorce complaint filed in L. A.i "that her • husband, Ralph Spence, film writer, earns $100,000 a year, Mrs. Helen May Spence Is asking $1,200 a. month alimony. Operating In opposition to the parl-riiutuel machines at the Santa Anita race track, seven bookmakers were ejected during the past week Fern Andra, foreign screen actress, announced she will file suit for divorce against Ian Keith, stage and screen actor L. A. Examiner, In copyrighted article, reveals that Marlene Dietrich and Colle.en Moore have been closely guarded by police since 'receipt of extortion letters Washington Post sugfeeS tTth^ thBrewIt; aside a divorce granted to Boris Petroff, dance director, ■■ Dorothy Berke, dancer, went to court and got her own decree Johnny Weissmuller announced he would "allbw Lup"e Velez to gain her divorce without any contest on his part Lillian Castle, 70-year-old char acter actress, found serving as cook In an L. A. hotel Warrant Issued in L. A* for arrest of Garv in Foss. a gent, accused of having briked: a Kentucky . society matron of $500 for a promised film career Wallace Beery received Italy' medal for the b est perfo rmance of the year for"his work In 'Viva Villa Thieves who stripped. a Los. An geles <beer parlor , of $1,600 worth of fixtures also carried away 1,000 square feet of dance floor. Louis Germonprez, film director, wias painfully Injured in an L. A auto crash , Clarence Brlcker, film production cnariager, and Mattas Santoya; Mez lican actor, must stand tiriai In San ance; the pla'lntiff becarhe aware bC the-falsenes3..pf_the ■ Mpresentatlbns^^^: madft bv the defendant regarding ; the legitimacy of the entertain- ment, and did thereon realize how , ho had been tricked, dccclvod arid V misled by relying on thb defendant'a. representations as to the legitlriiate nature of the entertainment. -^iNot Leoitimate'.__. and implied Warranty made by th* defendant, upon which the plain- tiff herein relied, the said entertain^ ment was not legitimate and was not jfalld .theatrical .fare, that it was. In truth, an Illegitimate, vll^ indecent, immoral performance; th at, contrary to the defendant ,00 <r-<< whom-tiie-plalhtlft-relleartHe^fdre-i-—■ said theatrical offering did not enr tertaln, amuse or "edify, but did. In fact', . bore,; disgust, revulse and make this plaintiff sick In heart, head, bowels and pocketbook; tha^ the plaintiff's distress, agony and ; mental perturbation was further- aggravated by reason of the pres-' ehce with" him of his wife, befor*. whom he felt inexpressible embar- rassment and hutnlltatlon at havinff subjected her to the brand of rot^ ■ filth and swill which was projected from the stage. 'That In furtherance of his de- ceitful scheme to Induce the publio to ' witness an elllglmate exhibi- tion the defendant herein did know- ingly and willingly permit such ex- hibition to bear an Innocent title such' as 'Sailor, Beware.' That apart from the fact that sailors are Involved In offensive goings-on, the title otherwise has no connection use-and—- a comeon, That had the defend- ant herein been honest and truth-, ful in his representations regardingf the nature of the pseudo play he.' would have, offered it "Under the- tltle of 'Patrons, Beware.' 'That plaintiff ; liffered a great ■ shock witnessing said play and continues to suffer shock whenever he, conteriiplates the revolting spec- tac le; t hat a shock to his_gopd^ taste, morals and ~ senslbnities~"waa t' caused by the plot, dialogue, action and denouement; that such ■ plot must have been incubated in a pool -hall;' Complaint describes in detail the plot and cites portions of the dia- logue which, , he alleges, shamed him and his wife out of coiinte- Steffes has not yet filed his an- swer. A portion of local opinion Iboks on 'the case as, a publicity stunt. V